Section: Sociology – I

Magic and science represent two different ways through which human beings have attempted to understand, explain and infl...

The distinction between the sacred and the profane occupies a central place in Émile Durkheim’s sociology of religion. D...

The institutions of marriage, family and kinship in India have been influenced by various processes of social change. Co...

In sociology, family, marriage, and kinship form the core social structures that organize human society. They define how...

Customs are not biologically inherited. An individual acquires the customs of his or her society through the process of ...

Custom is an important concept in the study of culture and social control. Human beings do not ordinarily determine afre...

Values are one of the fundamental elements of culture. Human behaviour is not governed only by biological needs or indiv...

Human beings do not live in society merely by satisfying their individual needs. Social life requires some degree of ord...

The concepts of culture and civilization occupy an important place in sociology because both are concerned with the way ...